The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-01-26
CHARLESTON LETTER.
MONDAY, Jan. "a, 1887.

mONOA1. Jan. II, 1901
Dear Register: / thought a short
letter from the Capitol would inter-.
est your readers.
Onlast Thursday the Prohibition
Amendment to the Constitution
passed the House by vote of So
toe.
The Legislature has now been in
session about two weeks, and the
members are becoming better ac-
quainted, and their difhdence is
wearing of, and the most of them
have got down to active work.
A good deal of work has already
been mapped out for the various
committees, and they are working
hard to keep up with their work,
particularly the Judiciary Commit
tee, which has the bulk of all the
work in the two Houses.
Every man in the Senate and
the House is a worker, and is
awake to the Importance of the sit
uation and the work before them.
Over two hundred bills have been
offered so far, in both Houses.
The U. S. Senatorialship is now
the all absorbing question, and un
til that is settled, there will be not
much else done. Mr.. Camden, as
yon are aware received the caucus
nomination, unanimously; but II
Democrats remained away from
that caucus, and thereby put mat
tiers in ugly shape. AT least three
of the men who stayed out of eau
Gus will vote for Mr.. Camden, thus
giving him 40 votes, six less than
majority; but the current seems to
be running in his favor, and it
wo I'D not surprise me to see every
Democrat voting for him on We'd
nesday in joint Assembly, for they
must see now that they cannot de-
feat him.
The Republicans caucussed with
closed doors Friday night, but ad,
journed without making a nomina-
ton or coming to any agreement.
In the Senate, Friday, Senator
Brown introduced bill providing
for Geological survey of the State.
On the same day Senator Dawson
offered resolution for the appoint
ment of n jpint Committee to con-
slider the propriety and necessity
of the publication of the laws of the
State in one volume.
PERSONALS.
Your Democratic representative,
Hon. j. S. Spencer, is on three of
the most important Committees in
the House, that of the Judiciary,
Finance and Education. He is al
so ON one or two other minpr Com
mittees. This shows the estima
ton in which he is held by the
Speaker.
DIR. Hensly is sill flooding the
calender with bills and resolutions.
Both of your members can always
be found in their seats.
Mrs. Purcell, wife of editor Pur-
cell of the State Tribune, visited her
husband last week. She returned
to her home in Logan, Ohio, Thurs
day.
Hon. W. A. Taylor and wife, of
Columbus, Ohio, have also been
here for some time. Mr.. Taylor is
a correspondent of the Enquirer,
and writes some very interesting
letters to that paper.
The city is filling up again with
strangers, pending the Senatorial
contest which takes place Tuesday.
Jackson county ought tobe proud
of her two representatives, Messrs.
Geo. B. Crow and j. V. Brown
They are attentive members and
close watchers of all that is going
on, and every time they vote, you
may be sure they are right.
The Star is getting up good re,
port of the Legislative proceedings,
and is becoming quite popular
among the members. We hope
Thorny and Vickers, may be finan
cially benefited, in their endeav-
ors to- get up a full and correct re-
port of the proceedings of the Leg
islature. KANAwHA.
Constable Scarberry Thrown
from His Horse and Killed.
John NJ. Scarberry, constable
of Washington District, attended
court, Monday, and in company
with Deputy Sheriff Shinn and w.